Author: Staff Reporter

Standard Bank has rolled out major changes to its smartphone banking app in an effort to keep customers out of its branches.

JSE-listed technology services company EOH Holdings has appointed former Nampak CEO Andrew Marshall to its board. He joins the board as an independent non-executive director on 21 May.

In a bid to keep its subscriber base engaged, MultiChoice South Africa has announced various offers to its clients, including free access to 600 Udemy online courses until 31 July.

Kevin Tucker, CEO of online shopping price comparison website PriceCheck, said there has been a spike in e-commerce volumes since a ban on unfettered e-trading was lifted late last week.

Independent tower operator Helios Towers said on Friday that one of its South African subsidiaries, HTSA Towers, has agreed to buy 65 wireless telecommunications sites from Eagle Towers SA.

Telkom’s retail division has slashed the price of digital subscriber line broadband services for six months as part of a promotion.

Vodacom on Wednesday announced that it has formed a partnership with Google parent Alphabet to offer Internet access in rural Mozambique using Loon Internet balloons.

Vehicle tracking and recovery company Tracker said there has been a spike in vehicle-related crime, even as South Africa remains under lockdown.

Government has amended regulations that prohibited telecommunications operators from porting customers’ numbers and scrapped rules regarding the electronic tracking and tracing of individuals.

The SABC has dismissed a Sunday newspaper report suggesting it’s planning to go back, cap in hand, to government for another bailout.